Evaluation of Management Tools to Increase Egg Production in SNE
Fisheries Management
The Interstate Fisheries Management Program (ISFMP) serves as the core of decision-making, where species management boards establish regulations to conserve fishery resources, supported by an active participation framework. The ISFMP Policy Board oversees this, monitoring stock performance and policy implementation with representation from all member states and several federal agencies.
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The following analysis looks at the effect of gauge size changes on egg production, exploitation, spawning stock biomass (SSB), reference abundance, and catch. This work is intended to provide a holistic view of stock and fishery changes that may result from alterations to the minimum and maximum gauge size.
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The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Management Boards met via conference call to review the latest recreational harvest estimates from the Marine Recreational Information Program.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 2, 2016, and was called to order at 9:02 o’clock a.m. by Chairman David Borden.
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The Jonah Crab FMP established a 200 crab per calendar day, 500 crab per trip incidental bycatch limit for non‐trap gear. However, an investigation of data found, while the majority of non‐trap trips from 2010 through 2014 were within the current limit, there were several trips above the bycatch limit. Furthermore, while Jonah crab are also caught as bycatch in non‐lobster traps, there are no effort controls for these gears, raising concern about the potential for trap proliferation. Since the goal of the FMP is to cap landings of Jonah crab while ensuring the inclusion of current participants in the…
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